Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)'s photos with the keyword: State Water Project

Castaic Lake reservoir, from Lake Hughes Road. Castaic Lake is part of the State Water Project. The white spots on the surface of the reservoir are boats, thus giving some indication of how low the reservoir is.

California Aqueduct, taken from the same vantage point as the nearby photo, but in the winter after some rains. This is looking south. Best viewed as Part of Central Valley set.

California Aqueduct, taken from the same vantage point as the nearby photo, but in the winter after some rains. This is looking north. Best viewed as Part of Central Valley set.

Though this may look like a very boring picture, what is shown here is the key ingredient of what makes California what is -- the California Aqueduct that takes water from Northern California to cities in Southern California, as well as providing some of the irrigation for Central Valley farming. This is take from a viewpoint on I-5 (see map). Due to the drought, large areas that were farmed are now fallow. Update 10/22/2014: The LA Times printed an article today describing the Westlands Water District that covers this area including the inherent problems with providing water to this side of the valley, and the use of crops that demand high levels of water: www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-westlands-20141021-story.html#page=1